Daily Archives: July 5, 2015

DETROIT >> The Wings came to terms with Landon Ferraro on a one-year, two-way deal for $600,000.

Ferraro will get $175,000 if he’s assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins.

He’s guaranteed $200,000.

If Ferraro, who turns 24 on Aug. 8, doesn’t make the team out of training camp he’ll have to clear waivers to be assigned to the Griffins.

Playing well enough in a three-game audition to end the regular season, where he notched his first NHL goal in the finale at Carolina, Ferraro dressed for all seven games of Detroit’s first-round playoff series with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Ferraro, who will compete for a fourth line spot in training camp, scored a career-high 27 goals and had 15 assists in 70 games in his fourth season in Grand Rapids.

The Wings, who took Ferraro with their first pick (32nd overall, second round) in 2009, like his speed and forechecking ability.

Nyquist, who is no longer eligible to sign an offer sheet from other teams, will continue to negotiate with the Wings.

Nyquist, who turns 26 on Sept. 1, appears in line to receive a similar deal Tomas Tatar signed last season, three years at $2.75 million. He had a yearly salary-cap hit of $950,000 each of the last two seasons.

Nyquist burst onto the scene during the 2013-14 season.

After beginning the year in Grand Rapids because he didn’t have to clear waivers in order to be assigned there, Nyquist was recalled and promptly scored two goals in his first game.

He finished with 28 goals, six of which came on the power play, and 20 assists. He also was a plus-16.

Last season, in 82 games, Nyquist had 27 goals, 27 assists and was a minus-11. Fourteen of his goals were on the power play.

Nyquist, like many of the Wings’ younger players, has struggled in the postseason. He has three goals, four assists and a plus-1 in 30 games.

Detroit normally gets a done with players that file prior to the actual hearing.

Brendan Smith was the last Wing to file in 2013, but got a deal done prior to the hearing.

Jiri Hudler was the last Wing to get to the hearing in 2009.

However, Hudler signed a deal with the Kontinental Hockey League’s Dynamo Moscow just prior to his arbitration case was heard.

Hudler received a two-year deal via the arbitrator at an annual salary cap hit of $2.875 million.

Hudler spent just one season in the KHL before returning to the Wings where the played out a two-year deal prior to signing with the Calgary Flames.

The last one prior to that occurred in 1995 with Ray Sheppard, who lost his case. He was awarded a one-year deal worth $1.55 million, which was $400,000 short of what he requested and $200,000 more than the Wings had wanted.

Sheppard, who demanded a trade and was dealt to San Jose a month later, had scored 30 goals in 43 games. He had totaled 84 goals combined the two seasons prior.

Detroit has 21 players signed, 12 of which are forwards, at just over $65 million. That leaves just over $6 million left under the $71.4 million cap.